Montrezl Harrell won't be using player hotline

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00:00 Montrez Harrell will not be using the NBA hotline.

00:05 The hotline's kind of become the most entertaining part of the bubble because it's kind of become a meme.

00:11 It's become the thing that people are calling like the snitch hotline.

00:14 Just kind of interesting because it's actually very important.

00:18 It could stop somebody from getting COVID-19 and potentially save someone's life.

00:22 And when Harrell was asked about it on a conference call with Sports Illustrated, his immediate reaction was, "Come on.

00:28 You think I'm a guy who would use a hotline?"

00:31 And then despite his strong stance, he had no problem with anybody who was using the hotline.

00:38 He had mentioned whatever they want to do is their choice, but for him, he's just trying to make sure he doesn't get in trouble.

00:44 And so when you look at teams that really need to be cognizant of who's using the hotline, the Clippers, the Lakers, the Bucs,

00:51 they really have to be careful. They're never the recipient of somebody who's accusing them of breaking protocol.

00:58 Because for them, it's championship or bust.

01:01 And Shrez had already mentioned he's using this time to build camaraderie with his teammates.

01:06 He's already gone fishing with Paul George and Reggie Jackson on numerous occasions.

01:10 And that's something you can expect out of the top tier teams.

01:13 You expect those ones to be the ones who are going to be squeaky clean.

01:17 And if they're not, you can bet they're going to get chewed out by their coach.